As a city surrounded by mountains and rivers, Jiuheshan County naturally has many good places for picnics, so Huang Qiu and others like to go to the river to barbecue on weekends. In the summer, they also swim in the water and of course fish.
It is also indispensable.
So that day, Huang Qiu and others were sitting in rows by the river fishing while discussing the midterm exam the day after tomorrow.
As a result, they soon saw a scene that they would never forget, that is, groups of rats appeared on the other side of the river, and then jumped into the water without hesitation. This also reminded Huang Qiu and others of a story they had heard about.
Story - Lemmings jumped into the sea.
Of course, it has now been proven that the story of lemmings jumping into the sea is completely false. The filmmakers of the documentary specially caught hundreds of lemmings for the purpose of a gimmick, and then used all possible means to force them to jump into the sea.
As a documentary, truth should be the first priority, but it chooses to falsify for the sake of ratings. This has to be said to be a kind of irony, but this cannot be regarded as a special case, because as the British TV station XBB that produces the most excellent documentaries,
We also made a lot of fake documentaries for the sake of gimmicks, such as having a group of people pretend to be primitive people living in trees.
Ahem, back to the topic.
At that time, Huang Qiu and others didn't know whether it was true or not that lemmings jumped into the sea, but they did see hundreds of mice jumping into the river in front of them!
Just when Huang Qiu and others thought that these mice would swim in front of them, they found that these mice disappeared directly by diving. In short, after waiting for a long time, they did not see the mice again. However, at this time, a friend's fishing rod moved.
After two clicks, he was so frightened that he immediately dropped the fishing rod, because no one wants to see a mouse hanging on it as soon as he lifts the fishing rod, right?
"We were all young at that time and didn't know what it meant to be a gentleman and not stand under dangerous walls, so in the end we had the courage to see if these rats would show up again."
Huang Qiu let out a long sigh and continued: "So we ran to the bridge next to us because we thought it would be safer there. If these rats really show up later, it doesn't matter which way they come ashore.
They could all run away to the other side, but not long after we arrived on the bridge, we heard a clicking sound, like someone grinding their teeth, so we quickly realized that it might be a rat chewing under the bridge.
There was an iron fence, so we lowered our heads and took a look, and then we saw that maybe less than ten centimeters under the water, there were countless rats layered on top of each other."
"More importantly, these mice seem to be fused together. A perhaps unreliable analogy is Shaqima. Each mouse seems to be stuck together by something." Luo Jun continued.
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This not only reminds Liu Xing of a very classic monster image - the same kind of creatures are gathered together irregularly. Of course, it may also be a combination of certain limbs, and the whole thing looks like a big ball.
Just thinking about this thing makes me feel unworthy.
"But this is still a good thing, because mice can swim, and the refraction of water will also cause a certain degree of distortion in the picture, so we were just shocked at the time, but we still had the courage to swim.
We were watching the excitement on the bridge until Luo Jun, who didn’t know what he was thinking, actually used a fishing rod to poke the mice underwater. As a result, something big happened because when Luo Jun poked a mouse, we
I saw the rats under the water looking up at us almost at the same time! You can imagine the scene. There are countless rats staring at us, and we can actually see it from their eyes.
A hint of anger."
Huang Qiu's words made Liu Xing and the others frown, because as long as Huang Qiu wasn't lying or adding fuel to the fire, it meant that Turner might have left behind a mythical creature with hive consciousness in Jiuheshan County.
, or rather a mouse.
For Yithians like Tenal, it is not difficult to make a group of ordinary rats have hive consciousness. Just let them have the same brain. Of course, it can also be like the Delta people of Earthsea.
In that way, alchemy is used to fuse everyone into one consciousness.
However, compared to the soul tree man in the ruins of the Deta people, Liu Xing was even more unwilling to face these rats with swarm consciousness. After all, the saying that ants kill an elephant is no joke, and like the soul tree man
Although you can't defeat giant mythical creatures, you can still hide them, but creatures like rats that can pop up from any corner are really hard to guard against when you face them.
Therefore, Liu Xing can be sure that when his group enters Jiuheshan County, they will be targeted by these rats at the first time. By then, every move of his group will be under the control of the rats.
They will have enough time to choose when to take action.
"In that case, were all the passers-by who disappeared in Jiuheshan County actually attacked by these rats?" Yin En asked.
Huang Qiu nodded and said affirmatively: "As the saying goes - too many ants kill an elephant, and I believe you have also heard the story of army ants, right? When many army ants gather together, they can
It turns all creatures on the road into white bones, so when these rats gather together, the people in the car are like meat in a can to them - they can eat it immediately after opening the lid."
"If this is really the case, it would be terrible. So did your old Heshan County choose to relocate as a whole because you learned about this incident?" Liu Xing then asked.
Huang Qiu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't forget that I mentioned at the beginning that a group of snakes suddenly ran into Luo Jun's house, and then these snakes suddenly disappeared without anyone around.
Noticed this group of snakes? Yes, it didn’t take long for us to see a group of snakes pouring out of the sewer pipes nearby, and then directly getting involved with the mice. The scene made us run away immediately, after all, the scene was placed in
That website couldn't pass the review! So we told the adults about these things after we went back, but the adults thought we were joking because the picture was indeed a bit bizarre."
"And our Jiuheshan County actually has a famous dish called snake soup, so we caught all the wild snakes nearby a long time ago. There may be some snakes in the nearby deep mountains and old forests, so
Snakes are rarely seen near urban areas, which is why Luo Jun's parents thought we were hallucinating. Of course, there were also a few snakes when mice crossed the street before, but this can be regarded as a normal phenomenon.
So at this point, no one thought there was any problem...until one night a few years ago, everyone in the county saw a big snake!"
"Our old Heshan County holds a barbecue festival every summer, and stalls are lined up on both sides of the Heshan River to sell goods. But that night, someone suddenly discovered that a huge snake-shaped shadow appeared in the river.
Swimming forward, this shocked everyone, including me and Luo Jun! According to what I saw, this may be a big snake more than 20 meters long. As for the diameter, it may be
It took four people to hold it, and of course what's more important is that the iron fences under the bridge still didn't stop it, and it finally disappeared into a whirlpool!" Huang Qiu said with a serious face.
More than twenty meters?
Liu Xing remembered that the longest snake in the world is only about ten meters, but in ancient times there were some longer snakes, and these big snakes usually live near water because they need the buoyancy of water to survive.
Increase your own movement speed. After all, snakes have no legs, so they must move through the constant movement of their ribs. Therefore, large snakes like anacondas and anacondas can move at impressive speeds on the ground.
So Liu Xing began to suspect that Turner had brought some kind of snake from ancient times to modern times, and this kind of snake should be a mythical creature that could pass through iron fences in some way, such as making its body virtual.
Or it could just flash into the past.
However, this also makes Liu Xing feel more confused, because according to the current situation, Turner has prepared a group of rats that may have hive consciousness in Jiuheshan County, and a big snake from ancient times, so
What is this mod trying to do? Is it trying to create a fight between snakes and rats?
"After the barbecue festival, there was another earthquake, so some people began to call for a general relocation. However, as I said before, some people still feel that it is difficult to leave their homeland, and of course they will not let go of too much.
house opportunity, so they agreed to the overall relocation in name. However, after completing the overall relocation, they still lived in the old Heshan County. However, the water and electricity in the old Heshan County were not connected, so they had to buy their own natural gas tanks and
Diesel generators and water can be fetched from the nearest river. As a result, these people who stayed in Jiuheshan County soon developed various adverse reactions."
Luo Jun shook his head and continued: "At that time, my grandparents wanted to stay in Jiuheshan County, so my parents had to buy them various things to facilitate their lives, including a high-end bathroom
water device to prevent them from getting sick after drinking unclean water. As a result, when my parents went back one time, they found that their faces looked a little strange, so they immediately sent them to the hospital for examination. The final result turned out to be that my grandparents were infected.
A kind of snake venom. Fortunately, this snake venom is dispersed in the water and filtered by the water purifier, so my grandparents' situation is not bad, but other people's situation is very bad!"
"Snake venom? This thing is a bit outrageous." Zhang Jingxu couldn't help but said: "Generally speaking, snakes can freely control the opening and closing of their venom glands, so there is no way for snakes to leak out some snake venom while swimming in the water.
, not to mention that the venom possessed by a snake is very limited, and it takes a lot of effort for them to regenerate, so snakes will not actively release venom unless necessary; and although the runoff of this Heshan River is not large,
, but it is not difficult to dilute the toxins, unless these snakes deliberately release their toxins when they see someone fetching water next to them... But this is unlikely, after all, snakes that use toxins as weapons generally
It is impossible to regard humans as prey."
Zhang Jingxu said this, but he was already sure in his heart that those snakes were targeting the humans in Jiuheshan County, and they also intended to control the release of toxins to ensure that these people would not show obvious symptoms at the first time.
"We thought so too, but in the end several people still died of poisoning, so those who stayed in Jiuheshan County all chose to leave. After all, this is no longer a place where we can live... and some people think it is because of us
After eating snake soup for so many years, these snakes are taking revenge on us, which seems a bit fantasy, so we regard it as a folk legend."
Huang Qiu shook his head and said: "But then all the passers-by who passed by Jiu Heshan County and some people who came back to clean the old houses disappeared, making Jiu Heshan County a well-known forbidden land, so some so-called anchors ran away
To take advantage of the popularity, naturally many people came and never came back, but this also caused a lot of popularity on the Internet, so the official sent many people into Jiuheshan County to investigate; the results were a bit strange, then
Even in the urban areas of Jiu Heshan County, no problems were found, and you also saw that many wild cats and dogs were alive and well, so after a few more days of investigation and nothing was found, we could only end the matter hastily."
"Yes, how do these cats and dogs survive? Logically speaking, when there are no humans to produce domestic waste, these wild cats and dogs lose their stable food source, so such an empty city should not be able to support many people.
Wild cats and dogs, right?" Liu Xing asked.
"Rat and snake." Luo Jun replied directly: "We found a lot of bones of rats and snakes, so we suspect that these wild cats and dogs feed on them, but we can't figure out why those rats and snakes
Appear in urban areas, because rats are actually more dependent on humans than wild cats and dogs if they want to live in cities. After all, there is not much naturally growing food in cities, so when humans leave the city, most rats should choose to leave.
Cities, unless the urban environment has become exactly like the wild; as for snakes, I think they will follow rats, because rats are also their best food source."
Liu Xing nodded, and then changed the topic: "By the way, Luo Jun, why did you think of stopping passers-by from entering the urban area of Jiu Heshan County?"